quilt
- a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
- a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.
- Obsolete. a mattress.
- to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
- to sew up between pieces of material.
- to pad or line with material.
- to make quilts or quilted work.
Origin of quilt
Related Words for quilt
comforter, bedspread, blanket, patchwork, cover, down, pad, puff, coverlet, counterpane, duvet, eiderdown, pouf, battExamples from the Web for quilt
Contemporary Examples of quilt
One quilt expert weighed his opinions about the installation.
When my mother threatened to give away my baby clothes, I cut them up and made my sister a quilt for her birthday.
With this flurry of sewing and stuffing, perhaps the 2012 candidates will now know to pursue the quilt vote.
Historical Examples of quilt
Pinckney didn't punch the mattress or turn up his nose at the quilt patterns.
Shorty McCabeSewell Ford
"Give her another blanket or quilt, then," said her husband.
The Carpenter's DaughterAnna Bartlett Warner
Quilt and cushions were pushed into a corner for later airing.
The Dragon PainterMary McNeil Fenollosa
She put the orphan at the foot of the bunk, drew the quilt over it and set to work.
The Wrong WomanCharles D. Stewart
She opened the lid of her chest and brought out a quilt, then another, and another.
PatchworkAnna Balmer Myers
quilt
- a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams
- a bedspread or counterpane
- anything quilted or resembling a quilt
- to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between themto quilt cotton and wool
- to create (a garment, covering, etc) in this way
- to pad with material
- Australian informal to strike; clout
Word Origin for quilt
Word Origin and History for quilt
c.1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.